The biggest danger facing film and television franchises is overstaying their welcome. With Star Trek, even when it “goes away,” the fans who love the universe created by Gene Roddenberry never let it stay gone for long. So much so that 2023 was one of the most significant years in the decades-old franchise. This is why Paramount should again listen to the fans and greenlight Picard spinoff Star Trek: Legacy right now. The fans have helped guide the studio to success before, and their demand for more 25th-century adventures is no different.It’s not often any storytelling franchise endures so long. Doctor Who celebrated its 60th anniversary, and the USS Enterprise is only three years behind the TARDIS on that journey. Yet, fans might think it was Star Trek’s milestone anniversary after how great 2023 was for the fans. Season 4 of Lower Decks was another triumph for the animated comedy, which is becoming increasingly like “real” Star Trek each season. Star Trek: Prodigy was rescued from cancelation, ensuring a new generation will fall in love with Starfleet. Strange New Worlds’ second season struck a balance between serious and silly episodes like the classic Star Trek of old. And Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season reunited the heroes from The Next Generation and passed the tricorder to a new generation on a brand-new USS Enterprise. However, with only the final season of Star Trek: Discovery on the horizon, Paramount needs a series like Legacy in the works in order to capitalize on the momentum and get fans excited about the future.As is typical for Star Trek fans, they met the new series with skepticism or, in some cases, hostility. In the early 1970s, fans literally picketed NBC to save the show, but when Star Trek: The Animated Series was announced, they tried to have the cartoon killed before it debuted. Currently, the only live-action series in development is Starfleet Academy, set in the 32nd Century. A show following Starfleet cadets is an old idea, floated in the 1970s, 1980s and the early 2000s after Enterprise’s run on UPN ended.
The biggest danger facing film and television franchises is overstaying their welcome. With Star Trek, even when it “goes away,” the fans who love the universe created by Gene Roddenberry never let it stay gone for long. So much so that 2023 was one of the most significant years in the decades-old franchise. This is why Paramount should again listen to the fans and greenlight Picard spinoff Star Trek: Legacy right now. The fans have helped guide the studio to success before, and their demand for more 25th-century adventures is no different.
It’s not often any storytelling franchise endures so long. Doctor Who celebrated its 60th anniversary, and the USS Enterprise is only three years behind the TARDIS on that journey. Yet, fans might think it was Star Trek‘s milestone anniversary after how great 2023 was for the fans. Season 4 of Lower Decks was another triumph for the animated comedy, which is becoming increasingly like “real” Star Trek each season. Star Trek: Prodigy was rescued from cancelation, ensuring a new generation will fall in love with Starfleet. Strange New Worlds‘ second season struck a balance between serious and silly episodes like the classic Star Trek of old. And Star Trek: Picard‘s third and final season reunited the heroes from The Next Generation and passed the tricorder to a new generation on a brand-new USS Enterprise. However, with only the final season of Star Trek: Discovery on the horizon, Paramount needs a series like Legacy in the works in order to capitalize on the momentum and get fans excited about the future.
As is typical for Star Trek fans, they met the new series with skepticism or, in some cases, hostility. In the early 1970s, fans literally picketed NBC to save the show, but when Star Trek: The Animated Series was announced, they tried to have the cartoon killed before it debuted. Currently, the only live-action series in development is Starfleet Academy, set in the 32nd Century. A show following Starfleet cadets is an old idea, floated in the 1970s, 1980s and the early 2000s after Enterprise‘s run on UPN ended.
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